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W. YOUNG.

WIRE BALE TIE.

No. 285,338. I Patented Sept. 18, 1883.

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WYMAN YOUNG, OF PALMER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE PALMER WIREGOMPANY, OF SAME PLACE. x

WIRE BALE-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 285,338, dated September'18, 1883.

Application filed August 3, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WYM 'N YOUNG, a citi-' tion shown, which are adapted for interlocking with each other, in the manner as herein after more fully explained.

In the drawings, Figures 1 and 2 show plan views of the respective ends of the wire. Figs. 3 and 4 show side views of the same. Fig. 5 is a side view illustrating the manner of looking the tie. Fig. 6 is a plan view, and Fig. 7 is a side view, of the tie as completely locked; and Fig. 8 shows the tie after having been sub- 2 5 jected to a strain sufficient to break the wire strand.

In forming my improved bale'tie, the ends of the wire strand W are molded or bent, as illustrated, to give interlocking eyes or loops of the peculiar shape shown,the end of the wire being returned and twisted with themain wire at the shanks b b. The eyes on A and B have long loop portions a a, the sides of which are parallel, or nearly so, and at suffi- 5 cient distance apart to permit the passage of "the twisted shank bbbetween said sides. The outer end of the loop, at c, is rounded and turned upward, as indicated. Laterally-projecting bends or side bows, (1 cl. are formed 0 near the shank, and said side bends are set to an angular position in relation to the plane of the loop portion, the rear side of said bows d (1 being raised or offset upward, in the manner indicated in Figs. 2, 4, and 7. The loop a, or

a partthereof, upon the end B is made with somewhat greater-lateral dimensions than the corresponding loop, a, on the other part, A,

of the tie, (see Figs. 1 and 3,) and the lateral distance across the side bows d of the part A is sufiiciently greater than that of the corre- 5o sponding bows,d, of the part B to permit the latter to pass through the former. (See Figs.

2, 4, and 5.) Thus the entire eye A can be passed-through the loop a, and the part d can then be returned through the space between 5 5 the bends at (1. I11 connecting or looking together the two ends to complete the tie, the part A is passed through the loop a of the part B, it being turned slightly to allow the part (1 to pass through. The parts are then brought to the position indicated in Fig. 5, and the bows d are carried back through the space between the bows d, and the tie is then straightened and drawn to the position shown in Figs. 6 and 7, with the ends of the loops 0 c 6 5 embracing the shanks. b b at the back of the bows d d, and the sides of the loops a a resting upon each other, substantially as shown in Figs. 6 and 7, in which position the parts form a connection that retains the bale bound by the wire W.

XVh at I claim as of my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A wire bale-tie having its ends A and B respectively formed, as herein shownand described, with the loops a a and diagonallydisposed side bows, dd, adapted for interlocking in the manner set forth.

2. In a bale-tie, the wire eye or part A, having the comparatively-narrow loop a and wide lateralbows d, in combination with the eye or part B, having a wider loop, a, and the narrower lateralbows d, disposed as shown, whereby said parts are adaptedto be passed through each other for, locking the tie in the manner 8.5

set forth. v

WVitness my hand this 30th day of July, A. D. 1883.

WVYMAN YOUNG. \Vitnesses FRANK F. BULLABD, W. O. DEWEY. 

